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BLOOD CELLS AND INTERFERON-GAMMA LEVELS CORRELATION IN LATENT TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Laboratório Avançado de Saúde Pública. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Bahia School of Medicine and Public Health. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Bahia School of Medicine and Public Health. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Hospital Especializado Octávio Mangabeira. Secretariat of Health of Bahia State. Salvador, BA, Brasil
University of California. Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology. School of Public Health. Berkeley, USA
University of California. Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology. School of Public Health. Berkeley, USA
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Laboratório Avançado de Saúde Pública. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Bahia School of Medicine and Public Health. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Bahia School of Medicine and Public Health. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Bahia School of Medicine and Public Health. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Hospital Especializado Octávio Mangabeira. Secretariat of Health of Bahia State. Salvador, BA, Brasil
University of California. Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology. School of Public Health. Berkeley, USA
University of California. Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology. School of Public Health. Berkeley, USA
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Laboratório Avançado de Saúde Pública. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Bahia School of Medicine and Public Health. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Abstract
e Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) infection is largely spread in world’s population. Most infected individuals develop latent
tuberculosis infection (LTBI). Tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) are the available tests to
detect the infection. It has been reported that some individuals take a longer period of time to develop the infection than others
with the same exposure level. It is suggested that the innate immunity, in which neutrophils have an important protective role, is
responsible for this. Many hematologic abnormalities have been described as common ndings during severe disease. To investigate
if these changes are related to LTBI development and if they interfere in TST and IFN-𝛾𝛾 production, we recruited 88 household
contacts of tuberculosis (TB) pulmonary patients and compared blood cell counts with these tests’ results. ere were no statistically
signicant changes in hemoglobin, hematocrit, platelets, global leukocyte, neutrophils, basophils, eosinophils, typical lymphocytes,
atypical lymphocytes, and monocytes counts between infected and noninfected individuals. Also, there was no correlation between
TST or IGRA and blood cell counts. ese results suggest that blood cell counts are not LTBI markers and do not interfere in TST
results or IFN-𝛾𝛾 levels obtained by IGRA.
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